Mother's Day Poem

The following poem was written by Ruth Bell Graham (wife of evangelist Billy Graham) and I discovered it in the latest issue of Decison magazine, May 2007.

What Mothers Cannot Do

Lord, in this frenzied puttering around the house,
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The dusting, staightening, muttering,
are but the poor efforts of a heavy heart
to help time pass.
Praying on my knees I get uptight;
for hearts and lives are not the only things
that need to be put right.

And while I clean, please,
if tears should fall,
they're settling the dust,
----that's all.
Lord, I will straighten all I can
and You-----
take over what we mothers
cannot do.